- Sergei Belyavsky
Sergei Ivanovich Beljawsky ( _ru. Сергей Иванович Белявский,
December 7 1883 (Julian calendar :November 25 ) –October 13 1953 ) was a Soviet/Russianastronomer .In modern English transliteration, his surname would be Belyavskii or Belyavsky, but his last name is also sometimes rendered as Beljavskij or Beljawskij. The
Minor Planet Center credits his discoveries under the name S. Beljavskij. His first name is sometimes given as "Sergius".Born in
Saint Petersburg , member of the Academy of Sciences of theSoviet Union . Worked onastrophotometry ,astrometry , and the study ofvariable star s. Died inSaint Petersburg (at the time called "Leningrad").Discovered the bright naked-eye
comet C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky), also known according to the nomenclature of the time as Comet 1911 IV or Comet 1911g.He discovered or co-discovered a number of
asteroid s.He observed at
Simeiz Observatory (Симеиз) inCrimea . Between 1937 and 1944 Belyavsky was the seventh director of thePulkovo Observatory , where he succeeded Boris Petrovich GerasimovichExternal links
* [http://www.vgd.ru/B/belavsky.htm Genealogy]
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